April 26, 2017
Africa: GE Announces Clarke Energy as a Jenbacher Gas Engines Distributor for an Additional Six Countries in Africa
GE's Gas Engine Technology Helps Customers in Africa Address Ongoing Energy Supply and Grid Reliability Concerns With Addition of Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo,… Read more »
April 10, 2017
Kenya: Technical University of Kenya (TUK) Lands High Tech Aviation Training Devices
Donation from KQ, GE and Boeing to boost aviation training in the region Read more »
April 03, 2017
Kenya: Flexibility, the Ability to Adapt and Taking Charge of Your Future are the Principles this GE Leader Stands By
Born in Nairobi, Kenya, Supriya Bhandari was the youngest of seven children – six girls and one boy. At the age of 10, her family immigrated to the United Kingdom (UK) to… Read more »
March 10, 2017
Kenya: 'I'm Not There To Look Pretty. I'm There To Make A Valuable Contribution'
The GE Reports Africa blog has launched a new series known as “Women in Technology” which profiles GE SSA’s unsung female heroes, highlighting their contribution… Read more »
February 23, 2017
Kenya: GE Kenya Celebrated Valentine's Day With A Women In Tech Breakfast
If there's one thing people in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields are acutely aware of, it's that more women are needed in science. There are… Read more »
February 16, 2017
Kenya: 'Always Keep Your Mind Open And Ready To Learn'
The GE Reports Africa blog has launched a new series known as “A Day in the Life Of” which profiles GE SSA’s unsung heroes, highlighting their contribution at GE. Read more »
November 03, 2016
Kenya: Kenya's Mary Arende Talks about GE Investing in its People with the XLP Programme
GE is playing an active role in empowering and shaping the careers of their employees as future leaders. Training programmes have been developed to ensure employees receive as much… Read more »
September 02, 2016
Africa: $20-Million Women's Health Initiative Kicks Off With Training In Nairobi
By the end of 2015, roughly 99% of the world's maternal deaths had occurred in developing regions with Sub-Saharan Africa accounting for two-thirds of that number. Added to this… Read more »
August 24, 2016
Kenya: Out of the Darkroom, Into the Light: Going Digital in Nairobi
Having clothes ruined by ink and inhaling chemicals for hours in the hospital darkroom used to bother Margaret Njuwe and other radiographers at East Africa's largest referral… Read more »
July 19, 2016
Kenya: Our Generation will See Healthcare in Africa on Par with the Rest of the World
Packed securely inside the boxes in the picture above was a new mammography system, being ferried upstream from the Port of Lamu in Kenya, where I traveled last month, to a small… Read more »
June 24, 2016
Africa: GE Invests R500 Million to Innovate in Africa for Africa
Today GE, one of the world's biggest digital industrial companies, officially opened its R500 million 2,700m2 facility, the GE Africa Innovation Centre in Johannesburg South… Read more »
June 17, 2016
Africa: Africa will be Short Six Million Healthcare Workers by 2030, But it Can Still Achieve its Commitment of Universal Health Care if it Takes Action Now
A Global Health Expert's Solution to Better Health for the Fastest Growing Population in the World Read more »
Kenya: GE Opens New Healthcare Training and Skills Institute Committed to Training 10,000 Health Professionals by 2020
As part of GE's commitment to supporting sustainable healthcare development in Kenya, the $13 million investment provides localized human capital development capabilities The… Read more »
April 11, 2016
Kenya: Waste Not, Want Not: Turning Harvest Waste Into Electricity
Across Africa countries are committed to scaling up renewable energy production to meet their growing energy needs. However, this will require bold thinking and innovation to… Read more »
October 08, 2015
Africa: Kenyan Paul Kelemba Wins GE Energy & Infrastructure Award at CNN Multichoice African Journalism Awards 2015
Paul Kelemba, from Kenya, has been awarded GE Energy & Infrastructure Award, presented by Jay Ireland, President and CEO of GE Africa, at this year’s CNN Multichoice… Read more »
July 27, 2015
Kenya: GE and Partners Announce New Renewable Energy Project to Boost Kenya's Power Grid
Project follows a successful run of more than $2.5 billion worth of booked orders across Africa in the last year Read more »
July 31, 2014
Kenya: Meeting a BURNing Desire
Mueni Saumu who lives in the informal settlement of Kawangware, 15km west of Kenya's capital Nairobi, is transforming her life. A simple decision to use the innovative Jikokoa… Read more »
Kenya: $2 Do-It-Yourself Solar Lamp Brings Better Light To Poor
When the sun goes down on almost 1.3 billion people around the world, the only respite from the darkness is fire. Read more »
June 17, 2014
Africa: USADF and GE Partner to Launch Off-Grid Energy Challenge in Two Rounds
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October 19, 2012
Kenya: Can You Hear Me Now? Telecom Orders For Next-Gen Durathon Battery Top $63 Million Since July Launch
Every day, Kenya's capital Nairobi goes four hours without power. That's the price of a growing economy bumping against creaky infrastructure struggling to keep up. The blackouts… Read more »
December 19, 2013
Kenya: Saving the Snows of Kilimanjaro: Eastern Africa Plugs Into Renewable Power
Over the last decade, millions of consumers in the U.S., Europe and other parts of the developed world have embraced wind power and other sources of renewable energy as an… Read more »
November 21, 2013
Kenya: Three Nigerian And Three Kenyan Companies Are Winners of the Inaugural GE USADF Off-Grid Energy Challenge
Winners to receive up to $100,000 to support their Initiatives. Winners were chosen for demonstrating new business models to deliver sustainable, renewable energy to under-served,… Read more »
December 17, 2013
Kenya: GE Launches the First GE Africa Learning Advisory Board with Focus on Local Technical Skills Development
The GE Africa Learning Advisory Board will provide strategic direction and advice on GE Africa's local skills development strategy. The GE Africa Learning Advisory Board is a First… Read more »